Sr. Mfg Engineer

Matthew L. Stamm

Objective

Product Development Engineer with focus on Manufacturing Efficiency and System Level Integration.

Qualifications

* 14+ years experience in design and manufacturing engineering for leading semiconductor capital equipment manufacturers.

* Proven effectiveness in design project management and new product introductions.

* B.S. Electrical Engineering with concentration in Electronics

Experience

AccretechUSA, Inc Austin, TX 2007-2008

Device Edge & Wafer Manufacturing Systems Divisions

* A start-up creating precision wafer edge capital equipment for the semiconductor industry.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

* Created new manufacturing line and a process for high precision alignment and calibration and testing and verification of sub-modules.

* Performed electromechanical troubleshooting, servosystems verification and optimization for performance. Aligned and calibrated machine as required to meet specifications.

* Performed customer qualification tests including grinding and polishing of raw wafers, post process evaluation of wafers and offset adjustments for conformance to customer specifications.

* Collected defect data and implemented upstream corrective actions to ensure continuous quality and cycle time improvement from system to system.

Applied Materials, Inc Austin, TX 1994–2007

Various Austin Manufacturing Divisions

* The leading capital equipment manufacturer for the semiconductor industry.

Design Engineer – Front End Products / Customer Engineering Specials 2005-2007

* Concepts, design, prototype, and validate new “special” designs to meet customer requirements.

* Cost effective quick turn design and project management.

* Implemented projects on compressed schedules in order to meet manufacturing cycle-time.

Test Engineer – Front End Products / System Final Test 2004-2005

* Incorporated new products into existing testing processes with focus on cycle-time functional testing and R & D design verification requests.

* National Instruments data collection and analysis, O2 moisture testing.

* Collaborated with Customer Engineers of the IN-Reach Program to provide solutions to reduce tool installation time and Field Non-Conformances.

Manufacturing Engineer – Front End Products /Chambers & Gas Panels 2002-2003

* Excess & Zero demand project focal- Negotiated with suppliers, implemented part substitution, wrote Engineering Spec Waivers to meet manufacturing demand.

* Material Review Board Focal – Collaborated with supplied representatives on over 400 Discrepant Material Reports to salvage a total material valued at over $5.5 million. Scrap rate was under 1%.

* Global Development Center resources – Directed engineers in Bangalore, India on Corporate Processes and Procedures via daily NetMeeting and coordinated quarterly on-site training.

Manufacturing Engineer -- 300mm Factory Interface Volume Production 2000-2001

* Transitioned Factory Interface Products from a Santa Clara, CA pilot line to Austin, TX volume manufacturing.

* Created line layout, process synchronization, tooling, and ergonomic assembly work stations.

* Created test documentation, trained technicians, and implemented cycle time improvements.

Transitions Engineer – Mainframe Modules / 200mm New Product Options 1997-1999

* Provided product improvement to optimize manufacturability. Recommended design changes resulting in material savings of over $1200 per system.

* Collaborated with new supplier to reach contract-pricing goal of $3,600. Previous supplier cost was in excess of $10,000. Provided support upon ramp to volume production.

* Redesigned process flow to reduce critical path resulting in 20% cycle timesaving.

Senior Manufacturing Technologist – Loadlocks / AKT 1600-PECVD TFT Flat Panels 1994-1996

* Hands-on manufacturing, engineering, and product development though Beta, Gamma phases.

Education Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN

B.S. Electrical Engineering

Awards

* Team of the Quarter Q2-2005 (EPI Defect Reduction Team, Front End Products Division)

* Employee of the Quarter Q1-2003 (Front End Products Division)

* Team of the Quarter Q1-2003 (Field Quality Management Team, Front End Products Division)

Training

* Project Management

* Design for Manufacturability/Assembly

* Effective Communication Workshop

* Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

* Statistical Process Control

* Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (FMEA)

* Value Engineering

* Managing Interpersonal Relationships

* Negotiating to Yes

* Situational Leadership

* Demand Flow Technology (Lean Manufacturing)

* Just-In-Time Methodologies

* Kaizen

* Integrate to Order

* Finance for Non-Managers

Software

* MS-Project

* MS-Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)

* AutoCAD12,13, 2000

* Inventor

* Mechanical Desktop

* Unigraphics NX3.0

* TeamCenterEngineering

EOM

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